Singapore and Malaysia fight over this every year....or is it every election year.

The Malaysians hold it over the Singaporeans out of envy for letting them secede and become fabulously wealthy, and the Singaporeans are so sick of it that they are now building their own desalinization plant so to be less reliant.

Many times they have threatened economic embargos and the talk of future conflicts have been voiced...but at the end of the day the person who brought it up wins the election and they are all friends for another 4 years.

Posted by: JB on August 26, 2002 11:41 AM

 

The way North America exploit water, we should definetly have a big tax on water usage. We don't have the "right" to have extra green grass and shinny car. Why not make a certain amount of water be a right and above that, a need ( or luxury )?

Posted by: Richard Lehoux on August 26, 2002 12:35 PM

 

Not only is that article pretty scary, but so was the AMEX ad I got with the tennis balls bouncing all over the screen. Yikes!

Posted by: Thad Pasquale on August 26, 2002 12:49 PM

 

The article makes a good point about bottled water in particular. We need to do more to capture and reuse water.

Posted by: Lydia on August 26, 2002 02:26 PM

 

Hey, in space stations and rockets, they recycle water from your shower and even from your pee.

Ugh!

Posted by: MadMan on August 26, 2002 02:57 PM

 

MadMan which uni in Australia did you go to?

Posted by: JB on August 26, 2002 07:26 PM